Articles — Fr. Raymond J. de Souza

O'Toole's departing gift was a call for inspiration to trump anger in Canadian politics

Politics ought to be inspiring. The sad reality is that it seldom is

Newman House ManagerFebruary 7, 2022Politics, National Post

Erin O'Toole's ouster frees party of leader embarrassed by conservatism

O’Toole offered his shifting self alone as the foundation of this new Conservative party

Newman House ManagerFebruary 3, 2022National Post, Politics

The trucker convoy and the potpourri of Canadian political hypocrisy

Most confounding, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, champion of the workingman, does not particularly care for this group of workingmen

Newman House ManagerJanuary 29, 2022National Post, Politics

Russian-Ukrainian Crisis Spotlights Tenuous Rome-Moscow Relationship

The current tensions bring to a head the same issues that were present in 2014, when Pope Francis refused to criticize Putin’s aggression.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 28, 2022National Catholic Register, Church Affairs

There's a 27-year-old promise the U.S. and the U.K. need to keep on Ukraine

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances for Ukraine was a critical step in creating a post-Cold War security structure for Europe

Newman House ManagerJanuary 28, 2022National Post, Politics

Word of God Sunday: Causes for Celebration

One unambiguous success from the Second Vatican Council has been the deepening of devotion to sacred Scripture by Catholics in the pew.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 22, 2022National Catholic Register, Faith

Biden has bluffed before, and is doing so again on Ukraine

The Afghanistan debacle has convinced Putin that the Biden administration is not only weak, but lacks even basic competence

Newman House ManagerJanuary 22, 2022Politics, National Post

How Stalin’s Russia-Ukraine ‘Sobor’ Applies to China’s ‘Sinicization’

Being co-opted by a corrupt regime is worse than being controlled by it — that’s the lesson relevant to China today.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 19, 2022National Catholic Register, Church Affairs

What Prince Andrew should have learned

It could be argued that the Queen's singular failure as a sovereign has been her children

Newman House ManagerJanuary 16, 2022National Post, Culture

When it comes to justice, they play dirty Down Under

It's no surprise Australian border officials trod on Novak Djokovic's rights, considering the past miscarriages of justice that have occurred there

Newman House ManagerJanuary 14, 2022National Post, Culture, Popular

The tragedy of eugenics and the babies not born

A New York Times investigation found some non-invasive prenatal tests to be wrong up to 85 per cent of the time

Newman House ManagerJanuary 10, 2022National Post, Culture

Priest’s Book Tells Sad Tale of Jesuits’ Abortion Complicity in the US

The late Jesuit Father Paul Mankowski knew how badly some of his brother priests and his superiors had betrayed the Society of Jesus.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 7, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

The Arch

Archbishop Tutu received praise as a social reformer and less as a Christian pastor; that was fitting, as Tutu’s record on the former was more admirable than the latter.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 6, 2022Faith, First Things

2022’s Continuing COVID Conversation

In 2021, everybody saw that the football stadiums are as full as they used to be. The Catholic churches are not.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 5, 2022Faith, National Catholic Register

The Jesuit Reform That Never Happened

Forty years later, the papal correction Pope St. John Paul II directed at the Society of Jesus still hasn’t taken hold.

Newman House ManagerJanuary 1, 2022Church Affairs, National Catholic Register

Canada's worst year ever? For health care and human rights, quite possibly

The Canadian identity suffered lethal assaults on three fronts in 2021

Newman House ManagerDecember 31, 2021National Post, Politics

Stephen Curry is a superlative player who has changed basketball – for the worse

The thrilling contests of the 1980s are no longer as teams concentrate on three-point shots

Newman House ManagerDecember 30, 2021Culture, National Post

How the Catholic Church’s Holy Jubilees Have Taken Shape Over the Centuries

The idea of special “holy years” has become a key pastoral tool for popes in the last century

Newman House ManagerDecember 30, 2021Church Affairs, National Catholic Register